A Bound for Publication Bias Based on the Fraction of Unpublished Studies

Biometrics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 146-153

  Copas, John ^a   Jackson, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Publication bias

Indexed keywords

PUBLISHING;

META-ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION BIAS; SELECTION MECHANISM; SELECTION PROCEDURES; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CORTICOSTEROID;

BIOMETRY; META-ANALYSIS; SAMPLING BIAS;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; META ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLICATION;

EID: 1642293155     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2004.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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